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Hi,


Personally, I don't think you should go.  Better be safe than sorry.  

There's far too much risk out there.  Best to think of your family first and stay where you are.  £900 per day is nothing, if you ask me, compared with your own safety.

I happen to originate from the Niger Delta.  I don't know which state my town, Bakana is, but it's an oil-producing town and I do know that things are not safe out there.

You won't be welcome in my town, that's for sure.  Neither would you be welcome in any of the Kalabari towns and villages (and the Niger Delta, to a greater extent), to think that people there are suffering, as a result of all the rivers having been badly polluted, with little or nothing to eat, in view of the fact that the traditional fishing indusry has been decimated.  This, all due to the oil companies' greed and lack of investment in that part of Nigeria.  They simply refused to put their money where their mouth is, yet, they make a million pounds profit (£1,000,000) per minute.  Yes, per minute.  Bloody robbers!!

The oil companies out there in Nigeria are a law unto themselves.  What, with having their own militia?  What they do out there in the Niger Delta can never, ever be condoned anywhere in the West.  They would have had their arses sued for billions of pounds for the environmental pollution that they are causing to the Niger Delta.

How would you feel, knowing that someone is making £900 per day, considering that you, the one in whose towns and villages the oil is being produced, can't even eke out a living cutting mangrove trees for firewood.  Well, this is the plight of the people of the Niger Delta, of which I'm one, disregarding the part of the world in which I currently find myself. 

If you live in the UK, I honestly hope that you watched the Channel 4 TV programme entitled 'Fire In The Niger Delta' which was screened only a few months ago.

Think about it most carefully, before deciding.




kiwi992.

Hi,


I'm really sorry but it seems that I used the wrong terminology in trying to tell you the reason as to why your car bangs whenever you are going over bumpy roads.

What I meant was anti-roll bar link arm but definitely not suspension leg.  I know this because it's happened to me thrice or so, in the past.

Google it and you'll see a picture of it.  



kiwi992.

Hi,


I'm not a mechanic but from personal experience, it sounds more lack the front suspension leg is gone. 

All you need do is, to take it to a good mechanic and ask him to check it out.  It's easily replaced with a new one.  Better to change both legs at the same time.  This is a main dealer part.

By the way, just ensure that there is no grinding noise when you turn right or left, full circle.  In that case it's the CV-joint that's gone.

If it's just a banging noise as you go over bumps, then it's most likely the suspension leg.



kiwi992.

Hi,


I doubt it very much if your computer has been black-listed.  Why would anybody want to do that to you?  If that's what you suspect, then have a word with your Network Admin to de-bar it.

Having said that, here's what I suggest you should do:

1.  Ping the router, first and foremost.  Can you ping successfully? 

2.  Ping the DNS server from your PC.  By doing this, you are trying to establish as to whether you can connect to the external DNS server at your ISP or not.  If you can successfully ping the DNS server, then it means that connectivity can be established from your PC to the Internet.

3.  If you have a firewall, disable it (AVG can be a culprit here, sometimes).  Now try to connect to the Internet.  If you are able to do so, then of course, it means that the problem is with your firewall.  This would need to be re-configured, in that case.

4.  At command prompt, type in ipconfig /all  (be careful here and take note that there is a space before the forward slash).  Take note of the output, most particularly, the subnet that your machine is on.

5.  Ensure (from the output of the above-mentioned command) that your PC is on the same subnet as the router.

Finally, if all else fails, ask your Network Administrator to sort it out for you because that's what he's paid for.




kiwi992.

Mate,


Just a small word of warning to say that I haven't done this in a very long time as I moved on from inter-networking.  However, I'm most certain that this solution would help you.  So, here goes:

Network 1 - LIBRARY

IP Address:  192.168.1.0  (note - assign this IP address to the first router).  Then, connect the first switch to this router.  Finally, all the 59 hosts in the library would be connected to this switch.

Sunet Mask:  255.255.255.192  (note:  enter this on the router)

Hosts: 

From: 192.168.1.1
To:  192.168.1.62

Notes

(a)  Having connected the first switch to the first router, assign the IP address 192.168.1.1 to it.
(b)  Connect each of the 59 computers in the Library to the switch in step (a)
(c)  Finally, assign the IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.2 (first host), 192.168.1.3 (second host) and so on, until all the 59 machines have been assigned an IP address.  The last usable IP address in this subnet should be 192.168.1.62.

Broadcast Address:  192.168.1.63


Network 2 - ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT     

IP Address:  192.168.1.64  (note: connect the second router to the first router as per above.  Then, assign the IP address 192.168.1.64 to this second router.  The subnet mask would be shown automatically so, you don't need to worry about it.

Hosts:

From:   192.168.1.65
To:   192.168.1.126

Note:

(a)  Connect the second switch to the second router and assign the IP address 192.168.1.65 to it.  Remember, the second router is already connected to the first router.  However, you are now only connecting the second switch to the second router.  
(b)  Connect each of the 54 computers in the Accounts Department to the switch above
(c)  Finally, assign the IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.66 (first host), 192.168.1.67 (second host) and so on, until all the 54 machines have been assigned an IP address.  The last usable IP address in this subnet is 192.168.1.126.

Broadcast Address:  192.168.1.127


Network 3 - PAYROLL

IP Address:  192.168.1.128 (note: connect the third router to the first router as per above.  Then, assign the IP address 192.168.1.128 to this third router.  The subnet mask would be shown automatically so, you don't need to worry about it.

Hosts:

From:  192.168.1.129
To:   192.168.1.190

Note:

(a)  Connect the third switch to the third router and assign the IP address 192.168.1.129 to it.  Remember, the third router is already connected to the first router.  However, you are now only connecting the third switch to the third router.   
(b)  Connect each of the 17 computers in the Payroll Department to the switch above
(c)  Finally, assign the IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.130 (first host), 192.168.1.131 (second host) and so on, until all the 17 machines have been assigned an IP address.  The last usable IP address in this subnet is 192.168.1.190.

Broadcast Address:  192.168.1.191


Network 4 - WAREHOUSE

IP Address:  192.168.1.192 (note: connect the fourth router to the first router as per above.  Then, assign the IP address 192.168.1.192 to this fourth router.  The subnet mask would be shown automatically so, you don't need to worry about it.

Hosts:

From:   192.168.1.193
To:   192.168.1.254

Note:

(a)  Connect the fourth switch to the fourth router and assign the IP address 192.168.1.193 to it.  Remember, the fourth router is already connected to the first router.  However, you are now only connecting the fourth switch to the fourth router.   
(b)  Connect each of the 8 computers in the Warehouse to the switch above
(c)  Finally, assign the IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.194 (first host), 192.168.1.195 (second host) and so on, until all the 8 machines have been assigned an IP address.  The last usable IP address in this subnet is 192.168.1.254.

Broadcast Address:  192.168.1.255


I really hope that you find this information most useful.  I've gone out of my way to explain it to you, as succinctly as possible.   



kiwi992.

Mate,


My advice to you is simply to refund the over-payment.  It is the right thing to do at all times, without a doubt.  Please, don't see it as a blessing, rather, a temptation.  

I'll have to say that you left it a bit too late to do something about it, as it's been five months since you've been receiving it.  Still, I feel it's much better for you to act upon it now, rather than keeping quiet about it, in the hope that it won't be found out.    

Just remember that the money does not belong to you.  If you do decide to keep it, it could easily be construed as a fraudulent act - a black mark on your name and possibly future career, because you never know, this company might be called upon to give you a work/character reference.

All you need do is, have a quiet word with your boss, tell him or her that you only noticed it recently and that you wished to draw his/her attention to that fact, and to repay the money immediately to the company.

I strongly believe that such an action would go down in your favour - an honest and decent guy, to say the least.  That said, the decision is entirely yours - not mine or anybody's, so, please think about it carefully.




kiwi992.

Hi,


Na-a, not from downunder.  That said, though, I do agree with all what you said here.  Now't wrong with burning incense, if you ask me.



kiwi992.

Hi All,


My first post here.

I'm sorry, but personally, I can not see anything wrong with burning incense around the home.  I burn them all the time for positive energy.  It's a common practise over here.  Sorry!




kiwi992.